diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index d2a5f4ecc6dd..e1b2822fff97 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 	long i, i_next = 0;
 	int state = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Disable local interrupts. This will prevent panic_smp_self_stop
+	 * from deadlocking the first cpu that invokes the panic, since
+	 * there is nothing to prevent an interrupt handler (that runs
+	 * after the panic_lock is acquired) from invoking panic again.
+	 */
+	local_irq_disable();
+
 	/*
 	 * It's possible to come here directly from a panic-assertion and
 	 * not have preempt disabled. Some functions called from here want